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Lib- ya life how you want to

Lib- ya life how you want to . By: AROL YANEZ PD.6 . LIBYA . Libya is located in the Northern African continent bordered by the Mediterranean sea. . Demographics . As of July 2011 Population: 6,597,960 Median age: male- 24.5 years, female- 24.4 years Population growth rate: 2.064%

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Lib- ya life how you want to

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  1. Lib-ya life how you want to By: AROL YANEZ PD.6

  2. LIBYA Libya is located in the Northern African continent bordered by the Mediterranean sea.

  3. Demographics As of July 2011 • Population: 6,597,960 • Median age: male- 24.5 years, female- 24.4 years • Population growth rate: 2.064% • Birth rate: 24.04 births/1000 population • Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1000 population • Sex ratio: 1.05 males/female • Ethnic groups: 97% Berber and Arab, 3% other • Languages: Arabic (official), Italian and English. • Literacy Rate: 82.6%

  4. Muamman Gaddafi • Gaddafi ruled for four decades from 1969-2011 • Gaddafi came into power on September 1st 1969 by leading a group of military officers (The Free Officers Movement) against king Idris. • The military group lead by Gaddafi was the Free Officers Movement. • Gaddafi established a monarchy (the Libyan Arab Republic, Later chanced to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya). • Within the first few years of his rule Gaddafi made many reforms to benefit the country. • As time passed Gaddafis’ administration became very corrupt and oppresive. • Gaddaffi was an oppen supported or international terrorism (such as the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center).

  5. Revolutionary Leaders • Abdel Fattah Younes: Muammar Gaddafi’s Interior Minister and commander of Libya’s special forces. Asked to put down the rebel forces but announced that he was joining rebel forces.Jallil was shot by Gadaffis forces. • Mustafa Abdul Jalil: Judge from Libyan town of al-Bayaida. Criticized Gaddafis rule. Resigned in February when the uprising began. • Ali Aziz: Country’s ambassador to India. Was the first of Gadaffis envoys to resign.

  6. Causes of the Revolution • The Libyan revolution started because the Libyan people were upset with Gadaffis corruption, the countries development issues (housing) and civil rights (censorship) conflicts. • The revolution began with a series of friendly protests on February 15th. The protest was violently broken up by the police. • As the protests continued the military Gadaffi responded by hiring snipers, artillery, helicopter gunships, warplanes, anti-aircraft weaponry, and warships against protesters. • Protestors responded with violence against the armed forces. • The revolts lasted from February- October 20, 2011 with the capture and death of Gadaffi. • http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5cc_1319401073 (video of Gadaffi being killed).

  7. Similarities to the American Revolution • People were not content with the way the government was running the country. • Libyans were under the rule of the same government for a long time without protesting. • Both the Libyans and Colonists started out with peaceful means of protest. • Some people remained loyal to the suppressive government despite the revolution. • Both governments responded with violence. • Many people died. • Both groups were able to free themselves of their former government.

  8. Differences to the American Revolution • The Libyan revolution was fought at “home” whereas the American Revolution was fought in a different continent. • The American Revolution was fought in the 1770’s while the Libyan revolution was fought in 2011 therefore fighting with more advanced technology such as helicopters and missiles. • The people of Libya were able to communicate much faster than the colonists due to social networking. • The colonists broke off from the existing government while the people of Libya overthrew their government. • The colonists did not kill their former ruler while the Libyans did.

  9. Libya's future • Libya was successful in overthrowing their former government. With this newly acquired liberty, Libya must act quickly to establish a temporary government to meet some of the demands of the people but still maintaining order. I think the new government should slowly work its way towards drastic changes because it might cause a big disturbance in the way people are so used to living. The Libyan government should try to establish a way of picking leaders because there will probably be different views on who should lead the country and how it should be ruled. I also think that the Libyan government should try getting assistance from western nations in establishing their new government.

  10. Work Cited • http://www.indexmundi.com/libya/demographics_profile.html • http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Who-Are-the-Libyan-Rebels-128183633.html • http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Algeria/photos • http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-03-08/politics/30006142_1_libyan-opposition-benghazi-moammar-gadhafi • http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5cc_1319401073 • http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/08/15/libya-perils-of-the-end-game/

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